Used in a Sentence

unpleasant

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for unpleasant.

Editorial note

The silence is unpleasant, to say the least.

Examples14
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Not pleasant.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of unpleasant gathered in one view.

adjective

Not pleasant.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unpleasant.

Example sentences

1

The silence is unpleasant, to say the least.

2

Waiting two days to then have to deal with the unpleasant experience of getting a physical CD sucks.

3

What makes listening to anything other than entire albums (radio, streaming, etc) unpleasant for me is the volume settings.

4

One can decry Uber's asshole spirit and questionable business practices while applauding the political change their unpleasant activity is accomplishing.

5

If you don't know, for barbed hooks, you have continue to push the barb through the wound, a very unpleasant experience.

6

It's extremely unpleasant to program something with just a few KB of RAM and not know exactly what memory goes where.

7

And any change, even the very good ones, will possibly have unpleasant side effects.

8

It's not only parens everywhere (although that is quite the eyesore), other things like prefix notation also makes lispy code unpleasant to read.

9

Since the nature of hierarchy is for subordinates to hide unpleasant truths from superiors, they should have been actively asking about the hazards.

10

An open-world game confronts them with the unpleasant possibility of the unexpected.

11

If people find the ad supported web unpleasant, doing the right thing for the user experience is also something that benefits their bottom line.

12

If I were not so thick skinned it would have been a deeply unpleasant experience.

Quote examples

1

All of these things, although unpleasant, can be worked with except one: "Does not pay properly or on time." There is no option.

2

("not all men are like that!"/etc.) If I wanted to vent about an unpleasant experience, I know I wouldn't go to someone I thought might engage me in an argument over it rather than listen, and I'd almost certainly shut down any argument that happened and refuse to share more if I felt like I was being attacked.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use unpleasant in a sentence?

The silence is unpleasant, to say the least.

What does unpleasant mean?

Not pleasant.

What part of speech is unpleasant?

unpleasant is commonly used as adjective.